Towels

[2CheekyMonkeys]

This might not be so much of an etiquette thing as hygiene maybe ...

Do you re-use towels and how many times? I like to use a fresh towel each time and I like the kids too as well but my husband reckons they can be hung to dry and used the next night and even the next. He thinks I'm the crazy one.

So what do you do?

[Amity]

I usually wash the towels twice a week. So they get used 2-4 times depending on the user.

I see it as - they're used to dry clean bodies so they are reusable.

Hand towels on the other hand- I seem to do them most days.

[Dollyroux]

Once a week I do towels!

[CoNNiE_Melb]

Growing up, we only used our towels once. Then I met my DH who always re-used his towels, so I stuck with that because it meant less washing for me!

I was them once a week.

[2CheekyMonkeys]

Ok, so maybe I am the crazy one!! But there's gotta be others like me!! Haha

Yeah their bodies are clean once showered/ bathed but they dry their privates and surely those aren't sparkly clean!! Maybe it's just the idea of it.

[BlackCat]

We use a clean towel each time and I wash twice a week.

[~*familyof3*~]

We also re use ours but i dont like anyone to share a towel

[feeb]

Wash them once a week.

[BrightSparkles]

I usually wash them twice a wk.

[Hummingbird]

We go through 2 towels each a week so every 3-4 days we get a new one. I don't consider that we're dirty anywhere as we wash everywhere so I guess it's just a perception thing?

[Rosey]

Wash once or twice a week. I don't like sharing a towel either.

[~Hestia~]

We have our towels and the kids have their towels, usually used twice before I throw them in the wash.

[Mum2twoBoys]

Reuse and wash once a week. But I like to use 2 towels, one for face and hair, other for the rest of my body. DS has dry towel and face washer, face washer is for face and hair.

[Jaycee]

We each have a towel and we use them 3-4 times before they get washed

[wysiwyg]

No idea, DH does them, I think once a week.

When I have been in charge I.e. Before lived together then mine got done whenever thought got a bit whiffy.

I hate it when hotels wash them after each use such a waste of water and energy although alot of them now have a system where leave in certain place if happy to use again.

When I was a kid my aunty used to visit and she would wash her families towels after each use - it drove my mum bonkers.

[little_O]

Couple times a week. I have 2 showers a day (yes OCD) so there is no way I would change it each shower.

On a side note the inlaws of a friend of mine....one towel for a family of four.....yep. Hate to be the last person for the night!

[Arimeh]

Um, I wash whenever I remember.

If something gets spilled, I usually grab a towel from the bathroom and clean it up and then chuck it in the wash. If the kids leave it on the floor and the cats get on it, then I'll chuck it in the wash. If ours get a bit smelly then I will wash them.

I don't have rules in my house, I wash the cloth wipes (for nappies) every second day, and after the prewash, I chuck in any whites and any towels that are in the laundry waiting to be washed. Very rarely will I go around to both bathrooms and collect the towels for a wash. Who has time for that! LOL

[k4t]

I aim to wash once a week although to be honest it often ends up being longer. You have to make sure there's plenty of well ventilated drying space though. Doesn't work if you've got them all crammed into a too small towel rack